Just read about adding more bans - I like it and here's a suggestion Riot!

gamergirlgoddess·8/19/2016, 2:08:33 AM·1 votes·350 views

I think if this is executed correctly, champion diversity will be even higher in a healthy way. I am all for this!

If it got raised from 6 to 10 bans, then you, Riot, should make the last 4 bans TOTALLY RANDOM!!!!

Thoughts? Pros? Cons?

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BananaSlayerAMO8/19/2016, 2:39:35 AM1 votes

Pros

The community might (I stress 'might' here) find this fun and interesting (I personally would)
(Copied from Riot Meddler, about elemental dragons:) It can introduce more game-to-game variation. It may create different situations to respond to, with the feeling that games are more meaningfully different from each other. There should be different strategic situations to understand and respond to and handling that well is what Riot believes is a core skill in LoL.

Cons

Adds randomness that can potentially decide the outcome of the game, which might not be welcome in higher tiers, competitive play, and maybe just ranked in general
Not a reliable method of getting rid of problematic champs (which is primarily the point of banning)

Note: The elemental drakes are currently one of the largest luck-dependent aspects of the game; although they are not as important as having random bans, you might want to compare the two to see how introducing random bans would work out (here's the board introducing elemental dragons and Riot's justification for them: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/a9gcgfzV-elemental-dragons-what-were-doing-and-why )